It was a rockin’, sockin’ October at three San Rafael elementary schools — for feet, that is.

On Monday, parents and kids from Vallecito, Dixie and Sun Valley elementary schools shared the harvest of what they called #socktober by delivering a total of 2,500 pairs of socks to the Downtown Streets Team in San Rafael for distribution to homeless community members.

During October, kids collected the socks from friends, family and neighbors, while also practicing skills in being compassionate and giving to others.

“This is absolutely incredible,” Downtown Streets Team case manager Zoe Neil told the kids who arrived with their parents and the plastic bags filled with socks. “We’ve never had a donation like this before. You guys are making a difference.”

The sock drive and delivery Monday was organized by Community Heroes, a nonprofit that aims to instill kids early on with empathetic values.

“We are empowering a new generation of compassionate leaders by building a ‘Me to We’ movement,” Kala Venugopal Shah, Community Heroes co-founder and executive director, said Monday. “We promote kindness, compassion and giving back as a way of life through our programs in several Marin schools, and partner with dozens of local nonprofits to deepen our collective impact.”

Karen Strolia, director of the Marin County Downtown Streets Team, said the group members will select socks for themselves from the bags. More socks will be given out at Marin’s various mobile shower locations, she said. Sock distribution will also be on the agenda for Tuesday’s Novato team meeting, Strolia added.

Downtown Streets Team, which holds weekly meetings at 12:30 p.m. Mondays in San Rafael and 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays in Novato at 816 State Access Road, is a support group and nonprofit that helps homeless community members re-enter the workforce. On Monday, two members announced, to much applause and cheers from the group, that they had found jobs.

Vallecito parent Leah Barrett said 21 classrooms at her school participated in the #socktober event through Community Heroes.

“We had students take the initiative and take it outside (the school) to parents’ places of work, grandparents, neighborhoods,” Barrett said. “After a month of collecting socks, we (at Vallecito) ended up with 1,313 pairs of socks to donate to the Downtown Streets Team.

“It was all led by the kids,” she added, “and it was absolutely wonderful for them.”